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For Steve Jobs's Biological Father, the Reunion Never Came

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Re: For Steve Jobs's Biological Father, the Reunion Never Came

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This article doesn't go into the reasons for which Steve Jobs was given up for adoption. His biological father reportedly said, "I honestly do not know, to this day, if Steve is aware of the fact that had it been my choice, I would have loved to keep him." Steve Jobs is claimed by Syrians as his own, and there are suggestions that the father of his mother forced him to be adopted out of Islamophobia or anti-Semitism.

Islamophobia OR anti-Semitism? I do not understand...

Arabs are Semites.

Re: For Steve Jobs's Biological Father, the Reunion Never Came

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post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Islamophobia OR anti-Semitism? I do not understand...

Arabs are Semites.

Of course they are, but you know very well that the word 'anti-semitism' refers solely to Jews.

If you can get everyone to switch over to 'Judeophobia', fine by me, but until then you'll have to accept that the meaning of words sometimes differs from their literal parts.

Re: For Steve Jobs's Biological Father, the Reunion Never Came

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post #26

This article doesn't go into the reasons for which Steve Jobs was given up for adoption. His biological father reportedly said, "I honestly do not know, to this day, if Steve is aware of the fact that had it been my choice, I would have loved to keep him." Steve Jobs is claimed by Syrians as his own, and there are suggestions that the father of his mother forced him to be adopted out of Islamophobia or anti-Semitism.

His mother was an unwed woman in the 50s having a baby. That just wasn't culturally accepted back then. It's not surprising she left the Midwest to have the baby and then put it up for adoption.
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